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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Nelson Mandela’s Right-Hand Man
In addition to conducting research, the HBS Leadership Initiative engages in other activities as well. Last November, for example, along with the HBS Africa Business Club, it served as the host for an event featuring African National Congress leader and former South... View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
Dolphin Comport: To Wilson, the bowl of this piece (c. 1929) "suggests a body in an endless pirouette." Photo Courtesy of Charlie Wilson When Charlie Wilson (MBA 1967) was a small boy, he lived for a time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his grandfather, Chas Howard... View Details
- 02 Nov 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
Helping midsize companies achieve success was Donald K. “Obie” Clifford’s (MBA 1956) business specialty, but his passion was helping people understand their connection to the natural world. Clifford passed away in August 2017. Clifford merged his boyhood love of New... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
When he graduated from high school in 1994, Will Hsu (MBA 2006) had no plans to take over his father’s ginseng farm—there just didn’t seem to be a future in it. Hsu’s Ginseng Enterprises Inc. was one of the largest operations in central Wisconsin, a region as prized... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 25 May 2011
- News
Race to the Finish?
economies getting behind the wheel in the coming years, automakers have an added responsibility: For the industry to maintain its social license to operate, it must ensure its growth does not come at the expense of the world’s climate... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 28 May 2019
- News
Impact: Toward the Greater Good
Leadership Fellow, used his technology skills to improve city government in California. These stories illustrate just some of the ways that donor support is extending the School’s impact. A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy Tech for the People Planting the Seeds of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Noted & Quoted
a buy-American pitch to sell cars anymore (American Public Media’s Marketplace, July 6, 2009). “Despite the hype about Google’s innovation prowess, the company hasn’t proven that it can build sustainable new growth businesses.” — Scott D.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
AI Enhances Diagnostic Care
long business manifesto, which is my silver bullet to unlock potential growth across Africa through a holistic, long-term plan,” she explains. Tantawy also credits HBS’s Global Opportunity Fellowship (GO: Africa) she received in 2019 and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
given your background in technology? Ingersoll: There's some really easy ways of applying some of the things that I've seen before, so we could talk about how to do growth marketing here, for instance. And View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Elevator Pitch: Good Vibrations
showing that vibration at a precise frequency stimulates bone growth and improves bone density, OsteoBoost will be coupled with an app to track daily use and encourage good nutritional habits. The Why: One in four American men and half of... View Details
- 12 Feb 2022
- News
Industrialist Rahul Bajaj Dies at 83
Photo via Wikipedia Photo via Wikipedia Rahul Bajaj (MBA 1964), former chairman of the Bajaj group, died on February 12 at the age of 83. Bajaj became CEO of Bajaj Auto, part of his family’s conglomerate, in 1968 at the age of 30. "Given my family background, I knew I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa
first and second-year MBA students. During the four-day course, he worked with Elkins to provide an overview of Africa’s economic landscape, range of business opportunities, and the speed of growth and change occurring there, and also... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Losing Our Competitive Edge
"We design them here, but the labor is cheaper in Hell." © Drew Dernavich/Condé Nast Publications/Cartoonbank.com Today, many people are looking to high-technology sectors — like alternative energy — to be the growth engine that revives... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
and those of developed countries. When capital is flowing freely throughout the world, there is tremendous growth and opportunity in emerging markets. But when the tap is turned off, you have major crashes and dislocations." Despite his... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Faculty Updates
Challenge (1996) and The Real Estate Game (1999). His research concerns the entrepreneurial process in large and small companies, capital formation in real estate, and the growth and operation of real estate companies and family... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
gap here between what people could be doing if they had the tools,” Liang says. The Question: Liang launched Bopsidy in the Bay Area because she was already well connected with its dance community. Those personal relationships fueled initial View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
all-time low," wrote BusinessWeek, "his U.S. experience [worked to his advantage]. He argues against the closed world of the keiretsu." Makihara had a full agenda when he took office. "Much of Japan's growth in the past decade had been... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Mark Fuller
was not immune to the effects of recent worldwide economic sluggishness. “We had some sobering moments in 2001 and 2002,” admits Fuller. But grappling with slower growth “made everyone a lot smarter.” After twenty years at the helm,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
eight times its 1978 level, and its endowment has grown over twentyfold. Physically, MICA has dramatically expanded its campus, acquiring new buildings and renovating old ones. But perhaps most impressive is the growth of the school's... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
itself from a competitive perspective to continue its growth and stand out from the other industry players?" The Answers: "I would suggest looking at the business model and trying to extend the brand by extending the offering. Cellphones... View Details